April 5, 2025 - By Laura Ciasto and Amy Butler - After spending much of the season with super strong wind speeds, the polar vortex bowed out two weeks ago, with the core west-to-east winds sliding ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

Weather patterns this month are being shaped by the collapse in March of a band of high-altitude winds known as the polar vortex. That occurred earlier than usual this year, triggering a ...

A massive storm developing today is set to bring life-threatening tornadoes and potentially historic floods in what could be ...

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The new year ushered in an arctic blast that has only recently let up. This extreme plunge in temperature is referred to as a polar vortex. While it may seem that this is a new term, it has been in ...

Is this anything to do with the Polar Vortex? Actually no - despite what some reports are suggesting. The drop in temperatures this week is due to change in wind direction. So what is the Polar ...

The polar vortex could be reversing in a sudden stratospheric warming event, with the potential to send Arctic air and storms to the central and eastern U.S.

Another massive storm is set to bring life-threatening tornadoes and potentially historic flooding to several states ...

Scientists have said the storms were caused by a “swirling polar vortex” miles above the earth. Findings published in the Communications Earth and Environment journal show February 2022 was ...